Former President Donald J. Trump averted a financial disaster on Monday, reaching a deal that will spare him from paying a $454 million judgment in his civil fraud case while he appeals the penalty.
The lifeline came in the form of a bond that will prevent New York’s attorney general, who brought the lawsuit that led to the judgment, from collecting the $454 million until Mr. Trump’s appeal is resolved. The attorney general, Letitia James, accused Mr. Trump of fraudulently inflating his net worth by as much as $2 billion, and a judge ruled in her favor.
Mr. Trump secured the bond after an appeals court last week granted his request to lower the bond amount, setting it at $175 million and staving off a financial crisis for Mr. Trump. He otherwise would have had to post a bond for the full $454 million, which his lawyers declared a “practical impossibility.” Had he failed to do so, Ms. James could have frozen his bank accounts.
Such bullshit, “oh yeah, we can drop it by $275M”
*Edited
That’s an M, not a k.
I’ll admit, I’m a bit drunk.
Groovy
Wow! What a fair treatment he gets! Just like any American would, I’m sure!
Paid by Harlan Crow?
It was Knight Specialty Insurance Company. Owned by billionaire Don Hankey, who got rich doing subprime car loans. Apparently he’s bailed Trump out before with loans against Trump Tower and Doral golf course.
Mr Hankey? What a little shit.
Howdy ho!
Trump is such a stand-up guy, he just needs a small loan of 175 million dollars every now and then.
